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Syrcus Tower		Raid Patch 2.3
Having secured a path through the Labyrinth of the Ancients, the fellowship of NOAH finds itself before the entrance to the Crystal Tower proper. With the aid of their new comrades, Unei and Doga, the companions succeed in opening the gate whose workings had baffled even the brightest minds among them. Upon learning that dark forces have awakened within, the fellowship decides to suspend its investigative effort in favor of sealing off the tower. You must fight your way to the apex and defeat the resurrected Emperor Xande, that Eorzea might be free of his all-consuming ambition. Requirements: For eight players (three parties of 1 tank, 2 healers, 5 DPS) Disciples of War & Magic Level 50. Restrictions: 120 minutes		3 6 15 Type: Raid Zone: Syrcus Tower (Zone) Region: Mor Dhona (Region) Minimum Level: 50 Synced Level: 50 Min iLvl: 70 Unlock Quest: Syrcus Tower (Quest) Duty Finder: Raids (ARR & Heavensward) Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids Expansion: A Realm Reborn Patch: Patch 2.3 Tomestones 100  Blue Mage Log: 500 15 50 Objectives Clear the ladder of Ascenscion: 0/1 Defeat Scylla: 0/1 Clear the Braid: 0/1 Defeat Glasya Labolas: 0/1 Clear the Golder Sacristy: 0/1 Defeat Amon: 0/1 Defeat Xande: 0/1

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Scylla

Prior to engaging, it is recommended to focus target Scylla and apply the waymarks to the three pads. Attack Name Description Tether Orbs During battle, players will randomly be tethered to the following: Purple lightning orbs - These should be kited through one of the three lightning towers. This will apply "one stack" to that tower. Each lightning tower needs to receive three stacks to unlock the waymarked pads. Light blue ice orbs - These chase the tethered player and will freeze the player upon contact. You cannot outrun the ice cubes, so position yourself to be frozen between Scylla and your team's pad. Red fire orbs - These should be kited through a frozen player to thaw the player. The thawing process will leave behind a puddle. Puddles Created by a fire orb hitting a player that was hit with the ice cube. Necessary to prevent damage from Ancient Flare. Do not drag tethered orbs through puddles: fire orbs evaporate the puddles ice orbs freeze anyone touching the puddle lightning orbs deal damage to anyone touching the puddle Ancient Flare A massive AoE that hits for heavy damage unless the player is standing in a Puddle, then they take only 10% damage of the original hit. Daybreak Scylla's ultimate. Players must stand on their groups pads to create a barrier to save everyone from being hit by a ~15 second petrification. A minimum of 4 players must be standing on each pad to create the barrier. After Daybreak, a Dark General and Oceanus adds will spawn. Either burn them down at your pad or bring them to the center to nuke with a caster LB. Staff of Elderings Spawn randomly and roam about the arena performing ring-AoE damage maneuvers. Ignore the staves and dodge the rings. If you wish to reduce the ring-AoE dodging part of the fight, you can kill the staves, but it will lengthen the fight. Advice and Tips Make sure to charge the lightning pillars to save the alliance from Daybreak. Don't stand in puddles except for Ancient Flare so they aren't all destroyed prematurely. With the speed with which most parties can down Scylla, it is likely that you won't even see Daybreak or, if you do, that it won't have time to finish casting before you kill her. Chest

Glasya Labolas

Prior to engaging, it is recommended to apply the waymarks to the three small circles located at each corner of the triangle emblazoned on the floor. Attack Name Description ??? Very obvious AoEs that spawn under players. Spawns multiples at a time. Donut AoE A donut AoE that spawns around the boss. Either be very close in or move further away. No obvious indicator, so be careful. Clockwork Wrights Multiple Wrights will spawn at a time with a tether connected to the boss. One player must step into the small AoE circle around it to stun both themselves and the add, preventing the tether and the transfer of energy to the boss (which fills the Glasya Labolas Charge Bar found in the Duty List). Everyone else should work on killing the adds quickly. Also gives the player standing in it Electrocution, a lightning DoT. Clockwork Squires When the Squires spawn, the boss will become invulnerable with 3 tethers stretching between him and small contraptions along the edge of the arena. Players must kill their Squire and then position it between their pad and the contraption with the tether to divert the power to the launch pad. The adds health will freeze at 1% until they are in the proper position. Deathstream AoE blast that does damage based on how much the Charge Bar has filled. First Deathstream: comes after the Clockwork Wrights Second Deathstream: comes after the Clockwork Squires. As the Charge Bar will always fill to 100% for this, players must kill the Squires and charge their launch pad to prevent being wiped. On launch, groups will be moved to the Outer Platforms. Third Deathstream: same as the first. Outer Platforms groups should move clockwise and kill the adds that spawn on each platform. When players land on the platform, they begin casting a spell that will cause an electrocution DoT to be applied to everyone on the platform. After all adds are killed, players are free to return to the center platform by standing on one of the launch pads that points back to the middle of the room. Spinning Wheels A mobile AoE of bright yellow will slowly move around the arena, damaging players caught in its wake multiple times. Eventually more will spawn. Advice and Tips Stay either close or far away from him to dodge the Donut AoE. One person should stand in each of the Wright puddles to prevent the boss charging. Make sure to bring the Squires to their proper locations after bringing them to 1%. You can tell they're in the right place when the tether flips from targeting the boss to targeting the Squire and a second contraption. With the speed with which most parties can kill this boss, you will likely not need to do the mechanics of the second Deathstream at all. Chest

Amon

Attack Name Description ??? AoE centered on the boss. If he is standing in the middle of the room, it is as large as the circle on the carpet. Slimes Very important to kill before they reach the boss. Can be slowed. If they reach Amon, they will do various alliance-wide damaging mechanics. Kum Kums Have a lot of health and do a lot of damage. Offtanks should pick them up. Hit with Purple Orbs to make them easier (and safer) to kill. Purple Orb Tether Will mini any player the orb strikes, causing them to take more damage and do less damage. Should be used to shrink the Kum Kums. Bomb Debuff Targets 1 random player in each group. Detonates repeatedly when near other players for a decent amount of damage and knockback to everyone in the vicinity. Should be dispelled ASAP. Ice Blocks Players marked with an orange marker will be turned into ice blocks, which is needed to avoid Curtain Call. Happens at the same time players are changed into Flame Toads. Flame Toads Changes a player into a flame toad with only the skill Flame Breath available to them, which damages everything (including other players) in a cone in front of them. Can be used to unfreeze people trapped in Ice Blocks. Must run away from Kichinebiks. Kichinebik Giant snake adds that spawn. Each picks a Toad and will chase them until they are dead, hitting the Toad for heavy damage if they catch up. Curtain Call Amon's ultimate, casts at 25%. Players must LoS the move by standing behind an Ice Block. Advice and Tips Keep the boss centered to keep as much distance as possible on the Slimes. If an Ice Block is in his hitbox, do not stand in it. It will not provide protection from Curtain Call and players hiding within it will die. Hit Kum Kums with Purple Orbs to shrink them and make them easier to kill. Healers need to dispel the Bomb Debuff ASAP. Chest 1

Xande

Prior to engaging, it is recommended to apply the waymarks to the left and right of the entrance and directly across from it. Attack Name Description Knucklepress Superlong line AoE. Will do a massive knockback across the arena along with damage if you are hit. Burning Rave Spawns multiple generic AoEs under players. Ancient Quake Roomwide AoE. Yellow Orbs Multiple yellow orbs will spawn, floating in the middle of a circle with a dotted line. When a player stands in it, the circle will light up. One player must stand in each circle to prevent an alliance-wide AoE. Standing in the circle will cause the player to take a small amount of damage. Each circle without a player that detonates will do a significant amount of damage to the alliance; 3-4 going off will likely cause a wipe. Stonefall Circle Spawns when Xande teleports away at 70% and 30%. Should be killed before the Starfall Circle. If the meteor above it reaches the ground before it is killed, it will deal heavy alliance-wide AoE damage. The first time, he will spawn 3 Stonefalls; each group should take a stonefall and kill it. The second time he will spawn 6 Stonefalls, so each group will be in charge of killing 2 of them. After killing all the meteors, Xande will return to the arena. Starfall Circle Spawns when Xande teleports away at 70% and 30%. Should be killed after the Stonefall Circles. If the meteor above it reaches the ground before it is killed, it will wipe the alliance. After killing all the meteors, Xande will return to the arena. Levitation Three players, one from each group, will be marked by an obvious black AoE with a large black ball over their heads. Players should bring these AoEs to the center, making a clump around the boss. At least four players should stand in the circle when it explodes as the damage is shared. Afterwards, it will create a floating pad that players should immediately stand on to avoid Ancient Quagga. Ancient Quagga Always follows the Levitation puddles. Will instakill anyone not standing on a floating pad. Always followed by Burning Rave. Advice and Tips There should always be at least one player in each of the Yellow Orbs. If your group finishes their Stonefalls early, they should help out other groups that are struggling to kill their own. Chest 1             Chest 2 (Fixed Rate Drop) (Guaranteed)

Drop Table (37)

Item Type iLvl Requirements Stats     Xande Card  Triple Triad Card  &00000000000000010000001&00000000000000010000001 Req. Level 1 An epic (★★★★) card used in the game Triple Triad.     Faded Copy of Out of the Labyrinth  Orchestrion Roll  &00000000000000010000001&00000000000000010000001 Req. Level 1 Timeworn pages of sheet music retrieved from Syrcus Tower.     Wind-up Onion Knight  Minion  &00000000000000010000001&00000000000000010000001 Req. Level 1 An accurate representation of the soldiers who once made up the greater portion of the Allagan Imperial Army. Use item to acquire the wind-up onion knight minion.     Shattered Orchestrion Roll  Orchestrion Roll  &00000000000000010000001&00000000000000010000001 Req. Level 1 Music roll for Shattered. Use to add to your orchestrion list.     Loathsome Memory of the Dying  Other  &00000000000000010000001&00000000000000010000001 Req. Level 1 The loathsome memory of a departed soul, forever trapped in crystal.     Faded Copy of Now I Know the Truth  Orchestrion Roll  &00000000000000010000001&00000000000000010000001 Req. Level 1 Timeworn pages of sheet music retrieved from Syrcus Tower.     Throne Gem  Stone  &0000000000000100000000100&00000000000000010000001 Req. Level 1 A brilliant bauble pried from the Emperor Xande's colossal seat of rule.     Allagan Catalyst  Reagent  &0000000000000100000000100&00000000000000010000001 Req. Level 1 Dubbed a “god in the machina” by those who first discovered it, modern scholars have yet to discover not only what the catalytic agent contains, but exactly how it functions, understanding only that the substance is required to strengthen the properties of certain materials.     Amon's Sleeves  Hands  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 ARC, BRD, MCH DNC Req. Level 50 Defense 74Magic Defense 74 Dexterity &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Determination &0000000000000025000000+25 Critical Hit &0000000000000018000000+18     Amon's Hat  Head  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 ARC, BRD, MCH DNC Req. Level 50 Defense 74Magic Defense 74 Dexterity &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Determination &0000000000000025000000+25 Skill Speed &0000000000000018000000+18     Amon's Breeches  Legs  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 ARC, BRD, MCH DNC Req. Level 50 Defense 99Magic Defense 99 Dexterity &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000037000000+37 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000039000000+39 Determination &0000000000000027000000+27     Amon's Coat  Body  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 ARC, BRD, MCH DNC Req. Level 50 Defense 99Magic Defense 99 Dexterity &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000037000000+37 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000039000000+39 Critical Hit &0000000000000027000000+27     The Guardian's Helm of Striking  Head  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 PGL, ROG, MNK NIN, SAM Req. Level 50 Defense 74Magic Defense 74 Strength &0000000000000022000000+22 Dexterity &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Skill Speed &0000000000000025000000+25 Determination &0000000000000018000000+18     The Guardian's Helm of Maiming  Head  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 LNC, DRG, RPR Req. Level 50 Defense 94Magic Defense 74 Strength &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Determination &0000000000000025000000+25 Skill Speed &0000000000000018000000+18     The Guardian's Greaves of Striking  Feet  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 PGL, ROG, MNK NIN, SAM Req. Level 50 Defense 74Magic Defense 74 Strength &0000000000000022000000+22 Dexterity &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Critical Hit &0000000000000025000000+25 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000018000000+18     The Guardian's Greaves of Maiming  Feet  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 LNC, DRG, RPR Req. Level 50 Defense 94Magic Defense 74 Strength &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Skill Speed &0000000000000025000000+25 Critical Hit &0000000000000018000000+18     The Guardian's Breeches of Striking  Legs  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 PGL, ROG, MNK NIN, SAM Req. Level 50 Defense 99Magic Defense 99 Strength &0000000000000036000000+36 Dexterity &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000037000000+37 Skill Speed &0000000000000039000000+39 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000027000000+27     The Guardian's Breeches of Maiming  Legs  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 LNC, DRG, RPR Req. Level 50 Defense 126Magic Defense 99 Strength &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000037000000+37 Determination &0000000000000039000000+39 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000027000000+27     The Guardian's Breastplate of Striking  Body  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 PGL, ROG, MNK NIN, SAM Req. Level 50 Defense 99Magic Defense 99 Strength &0000000000000036000000+36 Dexterity &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000037000000+37 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000039000000+39 Determination &0000000000000027000000+27     The Guardian's Breastplate of Maiming  Body  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 LNC, DRG, RPR Req. Level 50 Defense 126Magic Defense 99 Strength &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000037000000+37 Determination &0000000000000039000000+39 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000027000000+27     The Guardian's Armguards of Striking  Hands  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 PGL, ROG, MNK NIN, SAM Req. Level 50 Defense 74Magic Defense 74 Strength &0000000000000022000000+22 Dexterity &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Critical Hit &0000000000000025000000+25 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000018000000+18     The Guardian's Armguards of Maiming  Hands  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 LNC, DRG, RPR Req. Level 50 Defense 94Magic Defense 74 Strength &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Determination &0000000000000025000000+25 Skill Speed &0000000000000018000000+18     Scylla's Robe of Healing  Body  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 CNJ, WHM, SCH AST, SGE Req. Level 50 Defense 72Magic Defense 126 Mind &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000033000000+33 Spell Speed &0000000000000039000000+39 Determination &0000000000000027000000+27 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000008000000+8     Phlegethon's Cuirass  Body  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 GLA, MRD, PLD WAR, DRK, GNB Req. Level 50 Defense 180Magic Defense 180 Strength &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000037000000+37 Determination &0000000000000039000000+39 Skill Speed &0000000000000027000000+27     Scylla's Robe of Casting  Body  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 THM, ACN, BLM SMN, RDM, BLU Req. Level 50 Defense 72Magic Defense 126 Intelligence &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000033000000+33 Critical Hit &0000000000000039000000+39 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000027000000+27     Scylla's Helm of Healing  Head  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 CNJ, WHM, SCH AST, SGE Req. Level 50 Defense 54Magic Defense 94 Mind &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000021000000+21 Critical Hit &0000000000000025000000+25 Piety &0000000000000018000000+18 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000005000000+5     Scylla's Helm of Casting  Head  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 THM, ACN, BLM SMN, RDM, BLU Req. Level 50 Defense 54Magic Defense 94 Intelligence &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000021000000+21 Spell Speed &0000000000000025000000+25 Determination &0000000000000018000000+18     Amon's Boots  Feet  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 ARC, BRD, MCH DNC Req. Level 50 Defense 74Magic Defense 74 Dexterity &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Critical Hit &0000000000000025000000+25 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000018000000+18     Scylla's Gloves of Casting  Hands  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 THM, ACN, BLM SMN, RDM, BLU Req. Level 50 Defense 54Magic Defense 94 Intelligence &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000021000000+21 Spell Speed &0000000000000025000000+25 Determination &0000000000000018000000+18     Scylla's Culottes of Healing  Legs  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 CNJ, WHM, SCH AST, SGE Req. Level 50 Defense 72Magic Defense 126 Mind &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000033000000+33 Piety &0000000000000039000000+39 Determination &0000000000000027000000+27 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000008000000+8     Scylla's Culottes of Casting  Legs  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 THM, ACN, BLM SMN, RDM, BLU Req. Level 50 Defense 72Magic Defense 126 Intelligence &0000000000000036000000+36 Vitality &0000000000000033000000+33 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000039000000+39 Spell Speed &0000000000000027000000+27     Scylla's Boots of Healing  Feet  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 CNJ, WHM, SCH AST, SGE Req. Level 50 Defense 54Magic Defense 94 Mind &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000021000000+21 Critical Hit &0000000000000025000000+25 Piety &0000000000000018000000+18 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000005000000+5     Scylla's Boots of Casting  Feet  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 THM, ACN, BLM SMN, RDM, BLU Req. Level 50 Defense 54Magic Defense 94 Intelligence &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000021000000+21 Determination &0000000000000025000000+25 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000018000000+18     Phlegethon's Sabatons  Feet  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 GLA, MRD, PLD WAR, DRK, GNB Req. Level 50 Defense 134Magic Defense 134 Strength &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Critical Hit &0000000000000025000000+25 Determination &0000000000000018000000+18     Phlegethon's Mask  Head  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 GLA, MRD, PLD WAR, DRK, GNB Req. Level 50 Defense 134Magic Defense 134 Strength &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Critical Hit &0000000000000025000000+25 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000018000000+18     Phlegethon's Gauntlets  Hands  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 GLA, MRD, PLD WAR, DRK, GNB Req. Level 50 Defense 134Magic Defense 134 Strength &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000023000000+23 Tenacity &0000000000000025000000+25 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000018000000+18     Scylla's Gloves of Healing  Hands  &0000000000000100000000100&000000000000005000000050 CNJ, WHM, SCH AST, SGE Req. Level 50 Defense 54Magic Defense 94 Mind &0000000000000022000000+22 Vitality &0000000000000021000000+21 Critical Hit &0000000000000025000000+25 Piety &0000000000000018000000+18 Direct Hit Rate &0000000000000005000000+5